June 15, 2017

POLYCARE has been present in the II Hackathon Nacional de Salud event

POLYCARE has been present in the II Hackathon Nacional de Salud event – sponsored by everis – that was held during the past 9th to 10th of June in Madrid. The goal of this event, organized by the Association of Researches in eHealth (AIES) and COM SALUD, is that programmers and designers of mobile applications respond to the needs of health professionals, patients and public in general developing health applications and games promoting health educations, adherence to treatment, health management, etc.
The participants has complemented experiences with the purpose of developing concrete solutions within and pedagogical environment promoting the collaborative work focused to the resolution of problems improving the motivation of the participants.

May 24, 2018

POLYCARE presenting a workshop in ICIC’18

On Wednesday it started the International Conference on Integrated Care (ICIC’18) in which everis is representing POLYCARE project. Everis will be on Friday leading a workshop in which five H2020 European projects (POLYCARE, CONNECARE, ICT4Life, ProAct and CareGiversPro) will be discussing around integrated care dimensions from the point of view of each of the projects. Stay tunned!!

May 15, 2018

The big ethical questions for artificial intelligence in healthcare

AI in healthcare is developing rapidly, with many applications currently in use or in development in the UK and worldwide. The Nuffield Council on Bioethics examines the current and potential applications of AI in healthcare, and the ethical issues arising from its use, in a new briefing note, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare and research, published today.

May 14, 2018

The 5 Most Amazing AI Advances in Health Care

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing our world in many unimaginable ways. At the verge of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, humanity is currently witnessing the first steps made by machines in reinventing the world we live in. And while we keep debating about the potential drawbacks and benefits of substituting humans with intelligent, self-learning machines, there's one area where AI's positive impact will definitely improve the quality of our lives: the health care industry.

May 11, 2018

mHealth apps could improve stress management—but apps lack value

In total, researchers analyzed a sample of 433 different mobile apps for stress management. The apps were scored and categorized based on their impact, presence, number of results, language and operating system. Of the apps, 21.7 percent were in the “relaxing music” category, 10.9 percent in the “draw and paint” category, 1.2 percent in the “heart rate control” category and 1.2 percent in “integral methodology.” Despite the wide range of apps available, only 2 percent were identified as high or medium interest.

May 10, 2018

mHealth Market Significantly Expand over 2025

According to a new report published by Reports Monitor titled, “Mhealth Market by Component, Application, and End-User: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2017–2025,” the mhealth market is projected to grow rapidly from 2017 to 2025.

May 10, 2018

Are Healthcare Leaders Ready For AI-Driven Change?

Last year I looked at a new report from the House of Lords that explored the 'future of healthcare'. As the name of the report suggests, the nature of the work lended itself to longer-term thinking, and this is a central criticism of current NHS leadership. Whilst the Five Year Forward View published by NHS England in 2014 is widely supported, it doesn't look beyond 2019, and nothing has entered the public domain to highlight NHS policy beyond then.
Unfortunately, it's not at all clear that the report fills that vacuum, despite a hugely impressive range of names summoned to give evidence to the committee. It makes 34 recommendations in total, and whilst it's hard to argue with many of them, they do nonetheless create the impression of a service whose edges are being tinkered with rather than a truly long-term vision for how healthcare provision might change to meet the tremendous challenges it faces.